The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1924
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
7:40 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.19° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.87° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.